Example sentences of "[adv] under [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus quantified , the environmental cost of oil comes to 5.56p per kilowatt-hour ( kWh ) , with corrosion and damage to buildings accounting for more than half the total and damage to crops from pollution for just under a fifth ; " old " coal burned in conventional power stations without emission controls has a cost of 5.00p/kWh ; " new " coal 1.18p/kWh ; combined heat and power ( CHP ) stations 0.45p/kWh ; nuclear pressurized-water reactors ( PWR ) between 0.32p and 0.37p/kWh ( not including effects on plants and animals ) ; and solar , wind and hydroelectric power between 0.04 and 0.07p/kWh ( not including visual impact or disruption caused by construction of dams , etc ) . |
| 2 | As Table 14 shows , the overall distribution of material in need of repair was such that more than three-quarters ( 78% ) of all defective items issued were classified only as ‘ Poor ’ since they did not show major deterioration , while just under a fifth ( 18% ) were classified as ‘ Bad ’ . |
| 3 | Over 50 per cent of the little ringed plovers in the UK nest on gravel pits , as do a third of great crested grebes and just under a third of the tufted duck population . |
| 4 | In a study of 150 debtors by Queen Mary College , a third said their health had suffered ; just under a third said their family 's health had suffered ; and two debtors had taken drug doses following the bailiff 's visit . |
| 5 | Just under a third are relatively small groupings of staff ; about one half have a membership within the 5–10 range ; a fifth have more than 10 members . |
| 6 | By January , the navy had already taken over the oil fields from striking oil workers and was producing just under a third of normal output , . |
| 7 | In 1985 , 11,358 students enrolled on teacher training courses , just under a third ( 32% ) of them in universities and the rest in public sector higher education , i.e. polytechnics and colleges ( see Figure 7.6 ) . |
| 8 | Er I do n't know how many people die of stress related diseases but it 's probably under a hundredth . |
| 9 | That 'll leave it wide open for the supermarket boys to market a ‘ free-range acorn-fed pork ’ — an intensively bred pig , fattened up in woods in half the time and costing well under an eighth of the price . ’ |